By Mohammad Jahjou, Wafaa Shurafa and Joseph Krauss, Associated Press
Khan Younis, Gaza Strip (AP) – Hamas released eight hostages Thursday as part of the Pechaan the fire in the gaza stripBut the chaotic delivery of some of the captives, who were transferred through a noisy crowd of thousands by masked militants, caused an angry protest of Israel.
Israel was supposed to release 110 Palestinian prisoners later in the day, including around 30 perpetual chain portions for mortal attacks against Israelis. But Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said it was suspended until the “safe liberation” of the hostages can be insured and called to the mediators who intervene.
Hamas launched seven of the hostages against the destroyed home of Its murdered leader, Yahya Sinwaras thousands were pressed. Hamas called him a “message of determination”, but triggered the last of a series of disputes that have sent us mediators and Arabs fighting to repair the truce.
The high fire aims to end up ending the most deadly and Most destructive war He once fought between Israel and Hamas, and ensuring the release of dozens of hostages kidnapped in the terrorist attack of October 7 of the group that turned on the war.
Hamas has been designated as a terrorist organization by the United States, Canada and the European Union.
A sample of force as hostages are thrown
The first hostage, the 20 -year -old Soldier Berger, was released after Hamas demanded it in front of a smaller crowd in the Urban Jabaliya refugee camp very destroyed in northern Gaza.
Hours later, a chaotic scene developed in a delivery of the other seven in the southern city of Khan Younis. Hundreds of Hamas militants and the smallest Islamic Jihad group arrived with a convoy, and thousands of people gathered to look, some from the fabrics of the bombarded buildings.
The images showed Arbel Yehoud, 29, 29, who seemed stunned when the masked militants pushed her through the crowd screaming, pushing people back. Gadi Moses, an 80 -year -old Israeli man and five Thai workers, identified by Israel as Watchara Sriaoun, 33, were also published; Pongsak Tanna, 36; Sathian Suwankam, 35; Bannawat Seathao, 27; and Surak Lamnau, 32.
Several foreign workers were taken together with dozens of civilians and Israeli soldiers during Hamas’ attack. Twenty -three lockers They were among more than 100 hostages released for a high one -week fire in November 2023. Israel says that three Thai remain in captivity, two of which are believed to be dead.
Yehoud had been at the center of a dispute earlier this week on the sequence in which hostages would be launched. The United States, Egypt and Qatar, who negotiated the high fire after a year of difficult negotiations, resolved it with an agreement that Yehoud would be released with others on Thursday.
Some 20 Yehoud friends gathered in South Israel saw how the tense scene was held on live television. Some cried. Others had their hands on their eyes or mouths. The crowd began to cry after they delivered it to the Red Cross.
Netanyahu condemned the “shocking scenes” and asked international mediators to guarantee the safety of hostages in future releases.
The high fire remains for now, but the next phase will be more difficult
In the first phase of Alto El Fuego, Hamas will launch a total of 33 Israeli hostages, including women, children, older adults and sick or injured men, in exchange for almost 2,000 Palestinian prisoners. Israel says that Hamas has confirmed that eight of the hostages that will be released in this phase are dead.
Among those who will launch from prisons are Zakaria Zubeidi, An outstanding former militant leader and theater director who participated in a dramatic Jailbreak in 2021 before being restructured days later.
The Palestinians have encouraged the liberation of prisoners, whom they see widely as heroes who have sacrificed for the cause of ending the occupation of Israel’s land that they want for a future state.
Meanwhile, Israeli forces have retired from most of Gaza, allowing hundreds of thousands of people return to what is left of their homes and humanitarian groups to increase assistance.
The agreement demands that Israel and Hamas negotiate a Second phase in which Hamas would free the remaining hostages and the high fire would continue indefinitely. The war could be resumed in early March if an agreement is not reached.
Israel says he is still committed to destroying Hamas, even after the militant group reaffirmed his rule over Gaza A few hours after the truce. A key -right key partner in the coalition of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is already asking that the war resume after the first phase of the high fire.
Hamas says he will not free the remaining hostages without the end of the war and a complete Israeli withdrawal from Gaza.
Tens of thousands killed
Hamas began the war when he sent thousands of fighters broken into Israel. The militants killed about 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and kidnapped around 250.
Israel’s next air and land war was one of the MORE MORE AND MOST DESTRUCTIVE In decades. According to the Gaza Ministry of Health, more than 47,000 Palestinians have been killed, more than half of them women and children, according to the Gaza Ministry of Health, which does not say how many dead were militants.
The Israeli army says that it killed more than 17,000 combatants, without providing evidence, and that it did everything possible to try to save civilians. Kake Hamas civil deaths because their combatants operate in dense residential neighborhoods and put military infrastructure near homes, schools and mosques.
The Israeli offensive has transformed entire neighborhoods In gray debris moundsand It is not clear how or when something will be rebuilt. About 90% of Gaza’s population has been displaced, often several times, with hundreds of thousands of people living in miserable tents camps or closed schools.
Shurafa reported from Deir Al-Balah, Gaza Strip and Krauss de Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Associated Press writer Sam Mednick in Tel Aviv, Israel contributed. Follow the AP war coverage in
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